Win Win

September 24th, 2011

The award was for the 1979 Boulder High School marching band winning the best in the state. I played the snare drum, which was extra hard since I had to use one hand to keep my dress/kilt down in case a swift updraft whooshed by. Even though the outfit is gone, I still have the trophy and always manage to bring it on first dates as a conversation starter.

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Love the glasses. In the 80s I got a pair of big glasses and decided to get them tinted cinnamon. Unfortunately when I got them they looked more pink. My parents said too bad and I was stuck with them. Oh yeah, I am a dude.

Oh, I remember this uniform very, very well. Yes I do. One of the parents from our crosstown rival band wrote a letter of complaint to say that she was Scottish and that these kilts were not at all authentic because they didn’t “swish properly” when we marched.

Great photo! I’m Scottish myself but, like most of us these days, rarely wear a kilt (commando mode, naturally) except at weddings or balls. However, one thing I did notice is that you’re not wearing a sporran – normally that’s a cardinal sin, as it’s what visually distinguishes a kilt from a “skirt”!

Oh, Mitch… I am SO glad the years have been kind to you; despite my kind-hearted nature, I’m not sure I’d have become friends with the high-school you. But I need to clarify one point: are you saying that after giving up the giant bass drum, you no longer have “that huge thing attached to your front”? That’s not what I hear….

THX! My son, who is now the same age as I was in the photo asked how long I looked that goofy. I told him within a year most of that awkward growing mess cleared up. Luckily, I think I took the bullet for both of us, his phase is but a bump while mine was an earthquake.

I’m in a competitive marching band and we’re playing a Celtic show this year. The band wears a plaid sash and the drumline wears kilts. We have the state championship on Sunday. I just wanted to make sure we were still the cool kids.

Gee, does this bring back memories!! I was in the band front of the marching unit of the Owen J. Roberts High School (PA). Band members (musicians) wore uniforms similar to the guards at Buckingham Palace…black pants, red jackets and big ‘bear’ hats. But the band front got to wear kilts, white shirts with the tartan sashes and glengarry with black, red and white dicing. Ours were the Royal Stewart tartan but this Yellow Gordon is pretty rockin’ too!!! RIP Fred Davies!!!

Well, I don’t have a ring, per se, but I DO have a BASS trophy that I won, one July 4 family event! Will that do? ALSO, I was a SNARE Drummer in MY school’s marching band, Lowell Sr. High, Lowell, Mi. Our school was so small, at graduation ceremonies, we Seniors who were in the band had to perform the “Pomp and Circumstance” interlude, THEN leave our places to accept our diplomas. “will you take the fish trophy?”

The drum line and rifles always dressed differently than the rest of the marching band. I had the giant bass drum my first year there. You’d end up with big bruises after practice with that huge thing attached to your front. Glory Days!

I was in “Neo Opus”, my school’s select choir, at Mapleton High School in Adams County (just down the turnpike from you) that same year. And you just made me feel better about the black polyester jumpsuit and black pleather square toed side zip ankle boots I was forced to wear while performing. Not a LOT better, some wounds never completely heal, but every little bit helps.

I figure Mitch must be a very self confident man. If he wasn’t, we would have never been allowed to view this beauty. The hat, braces, sash, dress/kilt, tinted specs and trash bag cuffs…….it’s all good! Who knows, one day Mitch may get a SECOND date:) Something tells me he has a great sense of humor and plenty of dates.

Nikki Lovely – I absolutely love your pirtecus i plan on being married at the dream and its because of these gorgeous pics.. SInce visiting the D.R. in 2008 i have always wanted to get married there, but your pics brought it to life for me.. amazing and you all look so happy and in love I love it.. congrats.